(14) Sat Feb 12 2005 11:01 PST:
I have a compulsion to buy weird soaps and sometimes I regret it. Like the cocoa soap. It smells like cocoa! Hmm.

The soap I'm using now is some lavender clay soap. I dropped it on the bathroom floor when I was taking it out of its package, and little bits shattered off. Yup, clay soap.

The flyer for the CodeCon Google reception last night says "Relax and rewind." What does it mean to rewind, in that context? It could have been a retro-video-game-themed party, but no such luck. They probably meant "unwind"?

Thank you, Leonard. I'm reporting live from the filing center outside CodeCon to bring you some exciting liveblogging of Leonard's Ultra Gleeper talk. While we reporters can't actually see Leonard from here, we can see each other, and let me tell you, the excitement about his speech is palpable.

I spoke to a couple of the spin doctors earlier and they told me that I shouldn't expect much from the speech so that I can later be blown away by how much better it was than I expected. Now I'm not sure what to expect, so stay tuned for more updates.

This just in! A loud buzzing noise has come over the speakers! Now someone appears to be saying "Check. Check." We now go live to commentator Andrew Phillips for his thoughts. Andrew?

ANDREW: This is a bold move. By broadcasting the "Check. Check" it's as if they're taking us behind the scenes. This is a clear tie-in with the software's "open source" strategy and really extends the brand to a wh--

Sorry to interrupt you there, Andrew, but now we're getting someone saying "one two, one two". OK, they're done. What were you saying.

ANDREW: Well, it really extends the "open source" branding campaign to a leve--

Sorry again, but it appears Richard Stallman is trying to muscle his way in front of the camera. Richard?

RICHARD: Ultra Gleeper is clearly labeled "free software", not "open source". By calling it "open source" you once again show your clear anti-GNU bias. I call for a full and independent investigation and will subsequently demand resignations.